Abstract
Oral history interview with Jessie Evans conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 18, 1974 and February 04, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Evans discuss life as a Native American and places such as Shoshone, Nevada, Owyhee, Nevada, Saint Thomas, Nevada and Winnemucca, Nevada. Later in the interview Evan's brother Henry Dave is introduced and the two of them briefly give a demonstration of the Shoshone language.
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Oral history interview with Jessie Evans conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 18, 1974 and February 04, 1974 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview Evans discusses her heritage as a Shoshone Native American living in Nevada. Evans discusses her family's interactions with other Native Americans and white people. Later in the interview Evans discusses the Shoshone language. At this point her brother Henry Dave is introduced and the two of them briefly give a demonstration of the Shoshone language. Lastly Evans discusses her children and the expansion of Las Vegas, Nevada. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Jessie Evans oral history interview, 1974 January 18; 1974 February 04. OH-00554. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
This interview was donated to UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division by Bernard Timberg on behalf of the Las Vegas, Nevada Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in 1975.
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Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2018 and 2019. Nia Banks wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio and/or transcript files. The audio has been minimally reviewed and all readily available information has been included in the description.